Sooraj Raveendran
Consultant at Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolSooraj Raveendran is a consultant and data scientist with 11 years of experience bridging software engineering and applied machine learning, currently exploring urban transformations at the Urban Informatics Lab, IIHS. He has led data science and engineering teams at Sling/DISH, building production recommender systems, customer analytics, and media streaming solutions from embedded firmware to cloud services. His background combines a Master in Statistics, a Harvard data science certificate, and deep early-career expertise in multimedia and embedded systems, enabling him to translate statistical rigor into robust, deployable ML products. Comfortable across the full ML lifecycle, he is particularly adept at turning messy real-world urban and media data into actionable insights and scalable systems. An often-overlooked strength is his end-to-end product experience—from low-level codec integration to directing cross-functional data teams—which helps him align technical design with operational constraints.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Embedded System Design, Diploma in Embedded System Design at CDAC - Advanced Computing Training SchoolData Science Certificate, Data Science, Data Science Certificate, Data Science at Harvard Extension SchoolBachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science at Kannur UniversityMaster of Statistics, Biostatistics, Master of Statistics, Biostatistics at UHasselt
Github Skills (9)
r-package8
cffi6
movie5
data-analytics4
metadata4
data-science4
data-analysis4
journalism1
spatial1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
soorajmr/intro-to-r-course
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
An Introduction to R for Reproducible Data Analysis
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 50 pushes in 3 years 9 months
r-packagedata-analyticsdata-analysisdata-sciencecffi
soorajmr/2017
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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